#49B3D2#49B3D2

#49B3D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.106 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3D2
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 210)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -20.83, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 32.27, 229.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0803 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.106 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4959, 38.3065, 66.7470)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3D2 #D26849

analogous

#49D2AD #49B3D2 #496ED2

triadic

#49B3D2 #D249B3 #B3D249

tetradic

#49B3D2 #AD49D2 #D26849 #6ED249

square

#49B3D2 #AD49D2 #D26849 #6ED249

split-complementary

#49B3D2 #D2496E #D2AD49

monochromatic

#206B81 #2C94B2 #49B3D2 #7AC7DE #ABDCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#49B3D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#49B3D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3D2

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3D2	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.106 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcadf',
    500: '#49b3d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3d2;
$custom-light: #8bcadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.577,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71786,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3D2

secondary

#D8AC9F

accent

#6844E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3D2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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